11-30-2021, 10:11 PM
(11-30-2021, 09:57 PM)sterlingmallory Wrote: The last year of Bullocks contract is only partially guaranteed anyway (for about 5.4 million). Also, as bad as Bullock has looked, there is no way we're at the point of needing to dump his contract already. He's had a bad two month stretch after years of solid production, there is just no way he needs to be a salary cap dump at this point.
The only contract we have that should be dumped is Powell's. It's been obvious for years that he's way overpaid so he would be the guy you want to get rid of to clear salary cap space.
However, if you really want to kick off a rebuild, then what you really need to do is trade KP. Anything else won't make much of a difference since we're pretty far over the cap.
You aren't getting off of DP's contract without attaching an asset and we don't have the luxury of spending assets like that. Kemba expires with Powell. My real aim in that swap would be to try to recapture our 2023 FRP. Kemba for Bullock is just the foundation and erases mistakes for both franchises. I'm fine with the argument that it's too early to dump Bullock but even if we take away his sub 28% 3P shooting, he's been wholly unimpressive.
And yes, I'm fully on board on dumping KP. That might be the one way of ridding yourself of DP is if you swap KP for an overinflated contract. Someone like Tobias Harris.